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26 de abr. de 2024 · For the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, a new bobsled track was built and modernized with cement curves and refrigeration. The first luge track in North America was built almost parallel to the bobsled track and was designed by Jan Steler, secretary general of the International Luge Federation.
Hace 4 días · Another factor that helped Moscow a lot was the holding in August of the previous year of the 1973 Summer Universiade in which the city's Olympic project was tested in part, and also that Lake Placid was the only candidate for the Winter Games that year and it would become unfeasible for the IOC to hold its main event twice in the ...
Hace 5 días · XIII: 1980: Lake Placid United States: Awarded to host the XIII Olympic Winter Games (sole bid) 23 October 1974 75th in Vienna, Austria: Vancouver and Garibaldi Canada: Withdrew during the host selection process XIV: 1984: Sarajevo Yugoslavia: Awarded to host the XIV Olympic Winter Games (39 votes) 18 May 1978 80th in Athens, Greece: Sapporo Japan
23 de abr. de 2024 · Jim Craig (born May 31, 1957, North Easton, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American ice hockey goaltender who was part of the U.S. hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, U.S.
23 de abr. de 2024 · February 13, 1980 - February 24, 1980. Location: Lake Placid.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Though our regional culture of winter sports and cold weather recreation is threatened, adapting to the weather is part of our past and present. Whiteface became the first Olympic ski mountain to use artificial snow amidst a snow drought in 1980 and continues to use snowmaking on its trails.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Hanni Wenzel is a Liechtenstein Alpine skier who was the first athlete from her country to win an Olympic medal, earning a bronze at the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. She went on to win two gold medals and a silver at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, U.S., matching Rosi.
